Biking the Back Cove & Eastern Prom Trail in Portland

We had so much fun biking in Brunswick, we decided to try out the Portland Trails yesterday.

We started off on the Back Cove loop because parking is easier (and free) there but our plan was to connect to the Eastern Prom trail so we could avoid riding in the street bike lane (part of the Back Cove loop is on the street and my kids aren't ready for that just yet).

Part of the Back Cove trail is stone dust with some pavement while another portion of the trail is a bike lane on the street.

We stopped for a closer look at the graffiti wall as we left the Back Cove trail and connected to the Eastern Prom trail.

The kids thought the waste treatment plant was pretty bogus - especially this bubbling brown water - but still stopped to read the signs explaining the treatment process, which turned out to be pretty interesting.

The Narrow Gauge Railroad was running while we were biking the Eastern Prom trail.

We had brought along our Identiflyer because we know this area is a fun place to hear the birds singing.

We also took a detour from the trail to visit Fort Allen Park's cannon so G. could take some photos.

The girls spotted this impression on the cannon and insisted I take a photo of it.

The girls liked the Brunswick trail better because there were less hills there but said these Portland trails had lots of fun stuff to look at.